ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Baycrest got its start as a home for the aged in
1918 and eventually encompassed adult day centres
and a hospital. By the 1980s, the Board of Directors
understood its importance as an academic centre and
added research to the mission statement.
The Rotman Research Institute (RRI) was established
in 1989 and grew to become a premier international
centre for the study of human brain function.
Science intersects with care because researchers are
embedded on the Baycrest campus in close proximity
to the hospital, residences, clinics and adult day
programs, as well as the home base of the Canadian
Centre for Aging and Brain Health Innovation
(CC-ABHI).
The primary research focus is memory and the
executive (frontal lobe) functions of the brain, both
in normal aging and in the presence of diseases and
conditions which affect the brain, such as stroke,
traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer's disease and other
dementias.
World renowned scientists at the RRI promote
effective care and improved quality of life of the
elderly through research into behavioural changes
associated with the aging process.
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